Infant Feeding Advisor

Do you aspire to deliver the Best Possible Maternity Care every time? That is the approach to Maternity Services at Northampton General Hospital. We have been a fully accredited Baby Friendly Hospital since 2016.

Our Community Midwifery Services are Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Award Winners 2021 for Excellence in Care During a Global Pandemic

We also won the Race Matters RCM Award 2021

We are a Pathway to Excellence Hospital, and we have active shared decision-making councils within Maternity. Projects include:
Wellbeing initiatives for staff

Recognising our colleagues through the Maternity Stars and Daisy award schemes

With a current delivery rate of 4,300 births and ambitious plans across the Local Maternity System for transforming maternity services to be aligned with the Better Births recommendations, now is an exciting time to join the team and play your part in its current period of transformation.

Working in conjunction with the Infant Feeding Co-ordinator, the post
- holder will play a major role in delivering the infant feeding agenda within the maternity services.

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for askilled, self-motivated individual to work as a member of the maternity teamas an Infant Feeding Advisor.

We are looking for someone with drive and a passion for infant feeding to work within the small, friendly team. As the Infant Feeding Advisor, you will promote Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) care standards by teaching, supporting and mentoring staff to give the best possible care to babies and their parents. You will support the work of the Infant Feeding Co-ordinator to ensure that the BFI standards continue to be implemented across the service, preparing for any future accreditation visits and for our ambitions of achieving BFI Gold accreditation.

We need someone who is motivated, flexible, positive about breastfeeding and who is keen to further develop their knowledge and skills in infant feeding and the BFI process. Encouragement will be given for you to undertake further advanced study in lactation as required. In time you will be able to work both independently and as part of the team using your excellent clinical, interpersonal and organisational skills to work with the infant feeding lead to:
Support new staff and midwifery students to develop their clinical skills in infant feeding using an evidence-based approach in line with BFI care standards

Run training sessions for a range of maternity staff and to the multi-disciplinary team

Carry out practical skills reviews in infant feeding

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

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Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Work with staff individually and in groups to build their skills to provide a high level of care in infant feeding

Participate in the provision of breastfeeding workshops for expectant parents

Support staff to develop care plans with complex clinical cases

Carry out regular audits to monitor our compliance with BFI standards of care and report the findings

Use these audit results and current evidence to help shape training for staff and resources for parents

Assist in the writing and implementation of guidelines and initiatives relevant to infant feeding

Support parents in the infant feeding clinic with more complex situations

Deputise in meetings at local and regional level as required

Professional Responsibilities

Promote collaborative working partnerships and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team

Ensure professional and clinical standards are maintained and developed in response to new evidence

Abide by the code of professional conduct as appropriate for nominated membership

Organisational and Management Responsibilities

Effectively manage own time to ensure a balance between audit, clinical and administrative duties

Promote and maintain a departmental culture which promotes an open and honest approach to professional decision making and problem solving

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